2017 Pan-Pacific in Sydney

October 6, 2017 - 8:53am -- John Denton

The3-yearlyPan-Pac Barbershop Convention was held in Sydney, 26 September – 1 October 2017. The weather was fine, the skies blue and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Over 750 singers gathered, 170+ from New Zealand, drawn from Australasia, Singapore and Japan.

In the NZ section of the Open Quartet Contest, Revelation came 1st, The B-Flads 2nd and Fourtissibros 3rd. The B-Flads were also 1st in the NZ Youth section and Fourtissibros 2nd.

In the Senior’s, Pitchpipe Playboys were 1st, Young at Heart 2nd and Euphoria 3rd; whilst in the Mixed Quartets, Off the Cuff took 1st, The Naturals 2nd and Expresso 3rd.

Four Choruses completed for the NZ title. Mighty River Harmony from Hamilton took 1st place, Harbour Capital Chorus took 2nd and City of Sails Chorus took 3rd.

New Zealand’s premier quartet, Vocal FX, under the direction of Charlotte Murray, was not in the competition but easily outshone all other competitors when they were scored by the same judges in order to challenge the 2018 International Contest to be held in Orlando, Florida in July next year. They achieved a score of 88.5%!

The Most Improved Chorus, for the second time, was Marlborough Sounds.